Stephanie Austin, MA, CST, FAST, is an Assistant Professor and Director of Surgical Technology at Walters State Community College in Sevierville, Tennessee. She has served on the TNAST Board of Directors for the last three years, has been a site visitor for the ARC/STSA for the last two years, and served on the ARC/STSA’s Best Practices Task Force. She is working on her EdD at the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences in Teaching and Learning and was the recipient of ARC/STSA’s 2021 Chris Keegan Memorial Educator Scholarship.